Each One Save One is a non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the plight of children in our community through recruiting, training and supporting an army of volunteer mentors throughout the metropolitan area. Amidst the devastation of violence, drugs, teen pregnancy and crime in out community today, the future appears grim unless we, as individuals and corporations, act decisively to effect positive changes and offer concrete alternatives to this generation.
Each One Save One is an area-wide network whose purpose is to provide mentors for existing programs. Each One Save One also works with school districts and local government agencies to establish workable mentoring programs where none exist. Our mentors serve one hour during the school day each week for an entire school year. Each One Save One is a school-based mentoring organization, which means our mentors meet in the school during the school day.
The purpose of Each One Save One is to recruit, screen, train, and support mentors. Training, guidance and support will also involve mentees, parents and teachers.
Each One Save One was founded in 1994. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the physical offices of Each One Save One but not the spirit of the caring adults across our community willing to give an hour a week to encourage a young person. Corporations such as Brooke Companies, Federal Reserve Bank, Touro Infirmary and W & T Offshore support Each One Save One by providing financial support and/or encouraging their employees to spend one lunch hour a week working with a young person at a local school.
Sherah Alaimo
Sherah Alaimo serves as the Executive Director of Each One Save One. Sherah has served the community of Greater New Orleans and the state of Louisiana for over five years. She worked as Deputy Incident Commander, Community Liaison, and Recovery Director for The Salvation Army in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Working with Catholic Charities USA and ACF, Sherah also led a disaster recovery pilot administered by the Department of Health and Human Services in the state of Louisiana working with those affected by Gustav and Ike. She has also served as an alternative member on the senate appointed subcommittee for Children and Recovery. Before moving to Louisiana she worked for a private jet charter company and attended the University of Arkansas majoring in Communications. Sherah feels that the children of the GNO area still suffer from the aftermath of Katrina and more recent tragedies and she is excited to bring her skills to EOSO to begin making a difference one child at a time.
Andrew West
Andrew West is the Program Director at Each One Save One. As Program Director, Andrew focuses on recruitment, placement, and implementation. Andrew moved to New Orleans in 2008 and taught 5th grade at Martin Behrman Charter School. After teaching at Martin Behrman for two years, Andrew attended Australia National University to complete a Master’s Degree in International Affairs. Once he completed his degree he served as an intern with the United Nations Development Program in South Africa. Andrew returned to New Orleans to continue his work in education and social development. Andrew has also spent time working with development organizations in southern and eastern Africa and has taught in Taiwan.
Lindsey Durbin
Through AmeriCorps, Lindsey Durbin is the Mentor Placement Coordinator for Each One Save One. As Placement Coordinator, Lindsey works closely with mentors and school liaisons. Throughout the year, the Placement Coordinator certifies mentors, places mentors in the schools, supports the mentors, and documents the mentoring experience. Lindsey is serving her second term with Each One Save One through Louisiana Delta Service Corps, a branch of AmeriCorps. She hails from central Illinois and studied English, Professional Writing, and Creative Writing at Eastern Illinois University. Her forte is contemporary poetry. Lindsey’s favorite part about her job is meeting the students and seeing the mentor/mentee relationship grow. Lindsey has mentored two students with Each One Save One, and continues to meet once a week with Enaj, her mentee at SciTech Academy.